Chapter 25 Chapter 25 Schrödinger's Fool
"Why don't you let your kid do it."
After the Omnitrix was charged, Benjamin spun out the Kryptonian alien form voice-changing panel again. When he was about to take another photo, Li Hua couldn't help but speak out to stop him.
"Otherwise, with your luck... I'm afraid we'll have to wait for the next round. It's okay if you conjure something else, but if you conjure something like Ripjaws, which can only be used in special circumstances, you'll probably be dried up."
"No." Li Hua thought Benjamin was going to share his experience, but he said confidently, "The Omnitrix automatically calibrated a while ago and replaced many of my original alien heroes. Now there are no extreme cases like Big Steel Teeth in the watch."
Everyone: ...So you have no intention of making any excuses for your luck?
They say quiet children are bound to do mischief. During their argument, an ice elf cub on Benjamin's body was attracted by the green projection on the dial. It raised its hand to grab the virtual projection on the dial but missed and fell onto the dial.
The green light faded, and a teenage version of Superman appeared. He lacked Superman's iconic cape and red, yellow, and blue uniform. Instead, he wore a tight-fitting uniform that was primarily green, with black accents and a few bright white accents. The Omnitrix dial was embedded in his chest.
Li Hua slapped his thigh and said, "See what I said? Next time, just let those little moths clap their hands. They're luckier than you."
"It must be just a coincidence, and I usually turn right!" Benjamin said, wanting to show his friends his new form. But when he turned his head, he saw Jason looking at him with a subtle expression. "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
"No, I'm just not used to seeing big guys without the three primary colors," Jason said. "Besides, your green shirt and black pants, and the black and green circular pattern on your chest, make me look like an old friend."
When Jason saw Benjamin in his transformed uniform, the first thought that popped into his head was, "Holy crap, Green Lantern?!"
He had originally wondered whether Benjamin would be discovered if he turned into a Kryptonian and flew around on Earth. After all, the red, yellow, and blue uniform was too conspicuous and would surely attract attention quickly. The fact that there was another Kryptonian flying in the sky would surely become explosive news, and Superman and Batman would surely come knocking on his door soon.
But now this problem doesn't seem so difficult. Just based on the color scheme, people's first reaction when seeing it will definitely be "Green Lantern" rather than "Superman".
Li Hua: "Green Lantern is not eye-catching?"
Jason: "That's not the case. It's mainly because there's more than just one Green Lantern. Everyone knows there are many. Green Lanterns are like space police, and they have their own stance. But when a new giant suddenly appears... his stance is unknown."
Benjamin was quite open-minded. "It doesn't matter. Just come and find me. I haven't done anything wrong anyway, so I have a clear conscience. Oh, by the way, Jason, you're running away from home, right? Don't worry, I won't betray you when the time comes."
Jason laughed and scolded, "Idiot! I'm not worried about that kind of thing. Even if I were taken back, it wouldn't be difficult to steal the house and run away."
He was mainly worried that Benjamin would attract the attention of some people with bad intentions. The power of Kryptonians was enough to make many people wary, not to mention the Omnitrix... and Li Hua's magic cards, these fourteen ice ghost cubs... It would be terrible if they were targeted by those cruel politicians or lunatics.
Li Hua quickly understood Jason's implication: "Ben, try to vary your hero choices from now on. It will save us a lot of unnecessary attention. We're not afraid of those villains, but don't forget we have children here."
Jason: "Just imagine what happened to me. Those guys don't respect the elderly or the young."
"...I understand." Benjamin, though playful and showy, and a bit immature for a hero, always valued his family and friends, so he responded seriously, "Thank you for the reminder."
Jason waved his hand. "What's there to thank me for? It's just mutual help between colleagues. Your time to transform is limited, so hurry up and adapt to this new form. After all, you don't know when you'll be able to transform again."
Benjamin: "...Don't insult me. I only made a mistake once in front of you."
Jason: "Yeah, but from Li Hua's tone, you seem to be a repeat offender. I choose to trust my brother."
Benjamin: "Since you have chosen to trust your brother, can't you trust me for a bit?"
"I'm just kidding, Ben. I actually still believe in you." Li Hua put his hand on Benjamin's shoulder and, in Benjamin's moved eyes, "I firmly believe that you will definitely be wrong."
No. 666: [And the firm belief that you are an idiot.]
Benjamin: "Hey! Why are you saying that to me, No. 666?"
No. 666: "Then I have a question: You've known for a long time that your watch sometimes mis-transforms, and from the sound of your voice, you and Azmis are very familiar with each other, having met several times. So, may I ask—why didn't you tell the watchmaker about your occasional mis-transformations and ask him to help you fix it?"
Benjamin: "...Oh right! Why didn't I think of asking Azmis to help me fix the Omnitrix's random transformation when I met him before?"
Jason and Li Hua looked at each other, sighed deeply, and pushed back the flying ice ghost cubs beside them.
You must not become like your "Mommy" and become a fool.
It turns out that Benjamin does have some talent in using the Omnitrix. He mastered the use of various skills of this new form without any instruction within one transformation.
Benjamin transformed back into his human form in the red light. "Actually, it's not usually this fast, because I usually don't know what the new hero I conjure up can do, so it always takes me a long time to explore the alien's abilities before mastering them. This time it was so fast because you, Jason, told me everything he could do in advance, so I didn't have to try and explore all the possible new abilities."
Even so, the speed at which he mastered the ability was terrifying... Benjamin's ability to respond in actual combat must have been exaggerated. No wonder he forgot to ask the creator of the Omnitrix to modify his watch, because even if he turned into the wrong alien in actual combat, it would be a harmless problem for him that he would quickly forget about.
Jason looked at the smiling face on the ground, drawn by Benjamin with the heat ray he had just mastered. He then looked at Li Hua, who had no doubts or surprise at the speed at which Benjamin mastered the new hero. He and his friends and family across the universe empathized with Benjamin and realized a speechless fact.
Benjamin Tennyson's IQ is definitely not low, this guy simply doesn't want to use his brain and just wants to be a reckless man!
He is not an ordinary fool, he is a super big fool!!!
Benjamin was completely oblivious to Jason's sharp gaze behind him and excitedly announced to Li Hua, "Alright, I've mastered this alien's ability. Once the buffer is over, I'll take the kids to the sun for dinner. But I can't hold so many at once, so we'll have to do it in batches."
When he first experienced the super speed, Benjamin was worried whether flying at this speed would hurt the ice ghost cubs - although they could become invisible to avoid physical damage, Benjamin would not be able to fly with them after becoming invisible.
However, Jason told him that the biological stance of Kryptonians could solve this problem, and after testing it with scrap metal, Benjamin now felt that nothing could stop him from feeding his child.
At most, it is affected by the transformation time. The children have very little time to eat and there are too many children to take care of them all at once.
But it’s okay, he can run a few more times, even a dozen or even dozens of times.
"I have a plan for this," Li Hua said. "I just calculated my remaining mana. Assuming you have a biological stance, I can use the shield to construct an oxygen mask. Then you can carry the mask and pack us up and take us all into outer space. This way, we can save the trouble of searching for someone with a whole group of children if we get lost."
If one person or half of the team is lost, it is called missing, but if the entire team is lost, it cannot be called lost, it must be called "moving position".
Benjamin: "Wow, Li Hua, you are a genius!"
Number 666 once again used the Omnitrix's communication function to speak up: "I urge you to consider this carefully."
Li Hua: "It's okay. Didn't you help me when I was calculating the calculation power just now? There's definitely enough time."
Benjamin: "And with Krypton's... big guy's super speed, even if Li Hua's mana is about to run out, I can still bring everyone back to Earth safely within a second."
No. 666: "I'm not stopping you, Li Hua. Your shield is gone, but your strength is enough to hold you over until Benjamin gets you back. But Jason can't. It's too dangerous for him. What if something unexpected happens? You two idiots are so busy having fun that you didn't notice Jason didn't respond to you?"
No. 666 thought he was being cautious, but he still underestimated human teenagers.
"I wasn't planning on not going. I was just thinking—wow, Old Bat would never have guessed I'd run away from home and ended up on the sun. I'm probably the Robin who's run away the farthest from home," Jason said. "Space travel is inherently risky, and the risks of this voyage seem minimal to me."
He was escorted by a Kryptonian and a young boy with magic skills, and it wasn't like he was going to fight in the universe, he was just taking a ride on a sightseeing bus.
"...Okay." Number 666 changed the topic again. "But you've overlooked one thing. Krypton... Benjamin's new biological stance can protect Li Hua's shield from attacks caused by huge air resistance, thereby reducing mana consumption. But you've overlooked the deadly heat of the sun itself and the coldness of outer space!"
"Has caring for the Nakfuji people led you to misunderstand your own race, believing that Earthlings can also withstand extreme heat and cold?"
“…Yes.”
"Hey... I thought I could set a record."
Li Hua and Jason's enthusiasm had to be extinguished in the face of this cruel reality.
At this time, Benjamin stepped forward.
"I thought it was something else, but this is easy!" Benjamin said, "The sun is naturally hot, right? I'll find a section of air where the temperature is similar to that inside the shield and drop Li Hua and Jason off. I'll send the children to eat near the sun, where no one should be able to catch them. While they're eating, we can go back to Earth to find a place to stay, and then we can go pick them up!"
No. 666: “…”
Why aren't you stupid now?
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Author's Note: While Benjamin relies more on and prefers to use his alien form than his human form in actual combat, this doesn't mean he's physically weak. Quite the contrary, he possesses incredibly strong physical fitness.
And he does have a talent for fighting. His ever-victorious alien hero "Thunderbolt" is from a race that is recognized in the universe as not being able to fight but only able to defend. As a result, their race was destroyed. In an episode of the first generation animation, the culprit who destroyed the planet came to Earth and was eliminated by Benjamin with "Thunderbolt".
How it works: This alien's defensive response to danger is similar to that of a pangolin or armadillo: rolling itself into a hard ball and escaping. Ten-year-old Benjamin, however... have you ever seen a yo-yo? Benjamin coils himself up, spins, and leaps, using this tank-like yo-yo to deliver a physical "straight shot" to the human face, achieving a combined offensive and defensive capability.
PS: He also used this straight ball to destroy Azmis's goal and the biochemical suit driven by Azmis (Azmis himself said that this first meeting left a deep impression on him), and only then was he able to have a good conversation with Azmis (but to be honest, Azmis at that time deserved this straight ball).
The above content can be seen in the movie "BEN 10: Secret of the Omnitrix"
Jason (in his head): Wow, what a great Robin seedling (bushi)
【Catch a bug once】
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